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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in blended learning technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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